Posted by Bruce A Clarke on November 01, 2000 at 03:36:48 from 203.149.1.59:
In Reply to: Re: SY Swallow and SY Amazon - rig. posted by Terence McManus on October 30, 2000 at 07:56:15:
SD P.102 Red Fox ed. final paragraph states:
"The boom had jaws that fitted round the mast. Captain Flint pulled them clear so that he could turn the boom round and round".
Checking PM re the rigging exercise of Scarab at the wharf and again when Dick and Dorothea tried rigging all by themselves there is no mention of jaws on the boom but AR probably presumed that having already mentioned them once in SD, there was no need to repeat himself.